Boy name origins & meanings
- Latin : Curly
Boy name variations
Family name origins & meanings
- English : nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, Old English crisp, cryps (Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus.
- Americanized spelling of the German cognate Krisp, from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.
- Americanized form of German Krisp, from a short form the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin).